Brief Life History of Melvin Leroy
When Melvin Leroy Kilgore was born on 27 October 1910, in Madison, Arkansas, United States, his father, George Lee Kilgore, was 34 and his mother, Mary Hannah Lane, was 31. He married Frankie Jo Crouch on 16 February 1935, in Franklin, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Hilburn Township, Madison, Arkansas, United States in 1950. He died on 2 April 1957, in Madison, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Kilgore Cemetery, Madison, Arkansas, United States.
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- Melvin L Kilgare, "United States 1950 Census"
- Melvin Kilgore, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Melvin Kilgore, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
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1914 · The Ludlow Massacre
On April 20, 1914, the Colorado national Guard and the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company guards, attacked striking coal miners in Ludlow, Colorado, killing 25 people, including miners, women, and children.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
Irish (Tyrone and Derry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Gheáirr ‘son of the short lad’, from the adjective geárr ‘short’. In Scotland there has been some confusion with Kilgour .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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